Tuesday, August 25, 2009

What You Don't See

Joe Keiser, the monitor engineer for Keith Urban on this tour, did a time-lapse video of a typical load-in and set up for an Urban show.

Says Joe:

" I shot that from 8am until 6:30 pm (doors) took a shot every 30 seconds and then dropped it in Final Cut and set a picture at each frame (30 Frames a second)"

This is what we do before y'all get there...

Rough sequence of the video:

1) Points are hung by riggers2) Lighting trusses and stage are rolled in3) Stage is built in foreground4) Trusses, P.A. and video wall are flown5) Stage is set with backline (hey, that's me!)6) Stage is pushed into position7) Stage is wired for power and audio8) Line check and sound check9) Chairs are put on floor by venue crew10) Lights are focused

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I hope you can help me out. I roomed with Joe Keiser at The Recording Workshop in 1989. We played a few sessions together and I would love to reach out to him. Do you know how I might reach him? Any help is much appreciated!Chris